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J. Merritt, the youngest surviving son, helped his father farm and operated a stone quarry. In 1898 he built the house described above. He later drilled wells, farmed and worked as a realtor. After J. Merritt died, his son Merritt A. lived in the house, working in real estate and insurance. The house was known as the Black Castle. [3]
Chauncey Bailey had been working on a story about the finances of Your Black Muslim Bakery (YBMB), which was on the verge of bankruptcy. [3] [4] Oakland Post publisher Paul Cobb later revealed that, prior to Bailey's killing, Cobb had withheld from publication a story that he had written earlier, saying only that it was about "things like" what happened to Bailey.
Blacksburg, Virginia – William Black (landowner) Blackstone, Massachusetts – Rev. William Blaxton (settler) (spelling variant) [71] Blackwells Corner, California – George Blackwell (merchant) Bladenboro, North Carolina – Martin Bladen [71] Blaine, Maine – James G. Blaine [71]
[12] [16] Johnson's family filed a complaint with a regulatory body against the funeral home operator. [12] A subsequent investigation by the Georgia Secretary of State's office found that the funeral home did not follow "best practice" and that other material was "more acceptable than newspaper." Nonetheless, the investigation cleared the ...
Merritt-Chapman & Scott, nicknamed "The Black Horse of the Sea", was a noted marine salvage and construction firm of the United States, with worldwide operations. The chief predecessor company was founded in the 1860s by Israel Merritt , but a large number of other firms were merged in over the course of the company's history.
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The Ohio Women's Hall of Fame was a program the State of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services ran from 1978 [1] through 2011. The Hall has over 400 members. [2] In 2019, the Hall's physical archives and online records were transferred to the State Archives in the Ohio History Center.
Born in 1954, Fiona Merritt married in 1987, as his second wife, Charles Petty-Fitzmaurice, Earl of Shelburne. [1] She was styled Countess of Shelburne by courtesy until her husband succeeded to his father's titles in 1999. The family seat is Bowood House, Wiltshire, [2] and Lord and Lady Lansdowne have overseen the restoration of the house. [3 ...